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ILO Warns Indian States On Scrapping Workers’ Rights

The U.N. labour agency urged Indian states thinking of relaxing workers’ rights to help industry survive the coronavirus to consult…

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India Follows China’s Lead To Widen Use Of Covid-19 Tracing App

India is aggressively pushing a state-backed contact tracing app to fight the spread of COVID-19, raising fears that the world’s…

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India Launches Contact-Tracing App For JioPhones

India’s technology ministry said on Thursday it had rolled out a version of its Bluetooth contact-tracking app for 5 million…

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COVID-19 Pandemic: UN Warns Of Global Mental Health Crisis

A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people worldwide are surrounded by death and disease and forced into…

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Major Credit Line For Small Businesses, Lenders Unveiled

The government said on Wednesday it will offer nearly $60 billion of loan guarantees for small businesses, shadow banks and…

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Some New Yorkers Find Solace In Empty City Streets

Harold Quintana sat nearly alone on a recent spring morning in New York City’s Bryant Park, jotting down notes at…

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India Condemns “Barbaric Terrorist Attacks” In Afghanistan

India on Tuesday strongly condemned separate terror attacks targeting a maternity hospital, a funeral and a military check post in…

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LG Chem Sends Delegation To Probe Deadly Gas Leak

South Korea’s LG Chem said on Wednesday that it had sent a delegation to India to investigate the cause of…

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Huge Aid Package For Covid-19-Hit Indian Economy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that India would provide 20 trillion rupees ($266 billion) in fiscal and monetary…

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What You Need To Know About Covid-19 Right Now

Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Trade deal in doubt? U.S. President Donald Trump said…

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Trains To Restart Despite Rising Covid-19 Cases

Tens of thousands of people have booked out seats on trains that are due to restart on Tuesday after a…

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Gunmen Attack ‘Doctors Without Borders’ Clinic In Kabul

Gunmen attacked a Doctors Without Borders medical clinic in the western part of the Afghan capital of Kabul, a Ministry…

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India Looks To Ease Lockdown Even As Covid-19 Infections Jump

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday the country would look to ease a nearly seven-week lockdown aimed at preventing…

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19 Sailors Killed As Iran Missile Strikes Its Own Ship

An Iranian missile fired during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman struck a support vessel near its target,…

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India To Restart Some Trains Even As Infections Spike

India announced a limited re-opening of its giant rail network beginning on Tuesday after a nearly seven-week lockdown, despite also…

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Guidelines Issued For Post-Lockdown Factory Restarts

India has issued guidelines to ensure the safe restart of manufacturing facilities, after a weeks’ long nationwide lockdown aimed at…

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Wuhan Reports 1st Covid-19 Cluster Since Lifting Of Lockdown

Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, reported on Monday its first cluster of infections since a…

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Start-Ups Get Creative As Covid-19 Crisis Fuels Funding Crunch

Samik Sarkar was managing to eke a profit out of his online apparel store before the coronavirus crisis hit India,…

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Protesters Demand Closure Of LG Polymer Plant

Villagers placed the bodies of three victims of a deadly gas leak from an LG Polymers plant in Andhra Pradesh…

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Migrant Workers In Gujarat Clash With Authorities

Hundreds of migrant workers in Gujarat have clashed for a second day with authorities, hurling stones at police personnel trying…

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Huge Airlift Mounted For Citizens Stranded Abroad

Doctors in hazmat suits ran temperature checks on passengers at Delhi airport and bags were disinfected as the first group…

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No Warning, No Escape As Deadly Gas Swept Through AP Village

When gas began leaking from a nearby chemical factory and drifting towards his house in southern India, there were no…

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Wuhan Market Had A Role In Virus Outbreak: WHO

A wholesale market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan played a role in the outbreak of the novel coronavirus…

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Police Complaint Against LG Chem After Deadly Gas Leak

Police have filed a complaint against an LG Chem subsidiary over a toxic gas leak at its chemical plant in…

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‘Supermoon’ Rises Amid Coronavirus Lockdowns

The last “supermoon” of 2020 rose in the night sky on Thursday over a world beginning to re-emerge after weeks…

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